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ANDREWYARRANTON。”ThereneverhavebeenwantingmentowhomEngland’simprovementbyseaandlandwasoneofthedearestthoughtsoftheirlives，andtowhomEngland’sgoodwastheforemostoftheirworldlyconsiderations。
Andsuch，emphatically，wasAndrewYarranton，atruepatriotinthebestsenseoftheword。”——DOVE，ElementsofPoliticalScience。
ThatindustryhadasoretimeofitduringthecivilwarswillfurtherappearfromthefollowingbriefaccountofAndrewYarranton，whichmaybetakenasacompanionmemoirtothatofDudDudley。ForYarrantonalsowasaWorcesterironmasterandasoldier——thoughontheoppositeside，——butmoreeventhanDudleywasheamanofpublicspiritandenterprise，anenlightenedpoliticaleconomistlongbeforepoliticaleconomyhadbeenrecognisedasascience，andinmanyrespectsatruenationalbenefactor。BishopWatsonsaidthatheoughttohavehadastatueerectedtohismemorybecauseofhiseminentpublicservices；andanablemodernwriterhasgonesofarastosayofhimthathewas”thefounderofEnglishpoliticaleconomy，thefirstmaninEnglandwhosawandsaidthatpeacewasbetterthanwar，thattradewasbetterthanplunder，thathonestindustrywasbetterthanmartialgreatness，andthatthebestoccupationofagovernmentwastosecureprosperityathome，andletothernationsalone。”*
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